JAMMU:
LeT terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, a resident of Pakistan, made a confessional statement before a magistrate here today regarding the role of the terror outfit in carrying out strikes like the Udhampur attack.
Under tight security, Naved, in his early 20s, was brought before a magistrate here this morning where the judge asked him whether he was giving the confessional statement under any duress or voluntarily, official sources said.
After receiving answers in affirmative that he was willingly giving the statement, the judge sent him back to jail and asked him to come after lunch, they said.
He was produced before the judge at 1 PM and the recording of his statement continued till 4.30 PM during which he is understood to have given his family background, role of Lashker-e-Taiba terror group, his handlers in the Kashmir valley and execution of August five attack on BSF convoy in which two personnel were killed.
Naved had given a written consent in Urdu before Chief Judicial Magistrate on August 24 that he wanted to give a confessional statement before a court. (AGENCIES)
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